'Interior Chinatown': A Satirical Take on Hollywood's Asian American Portrayal
The Hulu adaptation of Charles Yu's novel "Interior Chinatown" struggles to translate its allegorical narrative into a compelling TV series. Despite Yu's background in television and collaboration with Taika Waititi, the show fails to maintain the novel's insights, becoming a diluted mystery. The series, starring Jimmy O. Yang, uses visual storytelling to critique TV tropes but falters in conveying its fantasy world's rules, leading to a muddled tone and less effective subversion of stereotypes.